Install problems... already! [SOLVED]

CD in drive, restart system, get to boot: prompt, hit enter....

system reboots again back to boot: prompt. Hit enter...
system reboots again back to boot: prompt, Hit enter...
system reboots again back to boot: prompt, Hit enter...
system reboots again back to boot: prompt, Hit enter...
system reboots again back to boot: prompt, Hit enter...

get the picture?

I cannot even get into setup, HELP? BTW, YES, i did set bios to boot cd

Re: Install problems... already! [SOLVED]

is this a i686 system?
another problem i have had is memory in slots 2 or 3 while nothing in 0 or 1
there are rare cases where some distros just wont run on a particular machine
i got an ole compaq presario model 5uvme that will install arch on it but wont boot it will install alot of distros but wont boot them from harddrive
it isnt common but it does happen
and yes ive looked around the bios for disable boot antivirus or whatever it is
i cant recall it exactly off the top of my head i know its worded other ways also
like what os is running on machine win9x or other

Re: Install problems... already! [SOLVED]

you can scour the forum for a link to download 0.6 wombat or you can pm me ill mail you a copy it will install & run on a i586 machine but youll have alot of digging to do to get it upgraded at all
checkout arch forums' other architectures
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?f=35

Re: Install problems... already! [SOLVED]

Ok. Yes, the cd is bootable. Switched to a AMD Duron i686 processor and it starts. Am currently mirroring my WinXP to the i586 box. When done, maybe 2 hrs, will restart install. Thanks for all the input.

Am encouraged to see that this board is active enuf to get several replies in a few hours. That was prob THE best thing about Gentoo, a great community effort.